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At Duravit's biennial conference Duravit Design Days, we had the opportunity to chat with two of Germany's hardest-working design firms, Sieger Design. The principals and brothers Michael and Christian Sieger, took over the family business from their father, a self-employed architect who first started designing for yachts and motorboats. In the 1980s Sieger Design began working first with Dornbracht, then with Duravit, giving them a virtual monopoly on German bathroom product design. The brothers are nattily dressed, and their exuberant design is evidenced by their studio's headquarters: a castle with a moat. (Sadly, we did not get to visit.)

Every year, Cosmit, the Italian organization behind Milan's annual Salone Internazionale del Mobile furniture fair, the ne plus ultra of all international design shows, holds a press conference for journalists from all over the world. Under the new leadership of Claudio Luti, CEO of Kartell, this year's conference was bigger than ever, and presented an unusually candid board of directors ready to answer questions about everything from China's growing influence to the future of Milan as the world's reigning design capital.

You know his beats. How about his blogs? World-famous DJ and full-time bald alien, Moby, moonlights as an architecture blogger, cataloging the buildings of Los Angeles in all their "strange and beautiful" glory on his appropriately named blog, moby los angeles architecture. Here, we share a video of his thoughts on Los Angeles architecture presented in collaboration with Pacific Standard Time.

As the Northeast braces for one of the worst storms in memory, we can't help but remember (and hope for the best for) all the fantastic houses we've featured in New England. Designed for hard climes, this quintet of modern homes from across the region are exemplars not only of the principles of sound architecture, but also testaments to how modernism isn't just for Californians. We love covering those six hardy states, from Mass. to Maine, and celebrate the way they've carried the torch of modern residential design.

As we head into the Year of the Snake celebrations this week, New York gallery Barry Friedman Ltd gears up to present contemporary Chinese artist Wang Wusheng at a solo exhibition, "Celestial Realm," from March 7-April 27. Wusheng, whose work hangs in the Smithsonian, the National Art Museum of China, and others, currently splits his time between Shanghai and Tokyo for work.

Luca Nichetto has pieces on display with six different companies at this fair alone, ranging from a lighting installation at Foscarini’s Stockholm showroom, to lounge chairs, tables, and even a series of outdoor planters, nearly all of which are being shown for the first time.

From the perspective of an up-and-comer who’s surely arrived, Luca Nichetto was happy to pull the curtain back on the furniture fair circuit, share what it was like to design "Das Haus" at imm cologne last month, and explain how his upcoming exhibition in Milan will have a lot to do with Japanese poetry.

Did you know? We've recently launched a national partnership with the American Society of Interior Designers (ASID). Throughout 2013, look to Dwell and ASID to bring you loads of interior design advice and ideas. This week, we asked 18 members, accomplished interior designers all, to weigh in on some of the most common design mistakes people make—and how to avoid making them!